Congress Wants to Track Every Device You Own
The Digital Age Assurance Act and similar age verification bills threaten First Amendment rights by compelling open-source developers to embed surveillance mechanisms into their code, effectively turning them into regulasummaryOpen-source software like Linux is fundamentally incompatible with age verification mandates because there is no central company to hold liable; forcing thousands of volunteer developers to rewrite code with surveillancetakeawayAge verification laws create cybersecurity vulnerabilities by generating 'honeypots' of sensitive personal data that are attractive targets for hackers and identity thieves, particularly endangering vulnerable groups liktakeaway














